Kim Aris says ‘hearing her voice again means more than words can express’ amid loosening of detention restrictions

The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to speak to the detained former democratic leader for the first time in more than five years.

“Today, I was finally able to speak with my mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after more than five years. Hearing her voice again means more than words can express,” Kim Aris said in a post on Facebook on Thursday.

Naipyidó, 21 oct (Prensa Latina) Myanmar y Japón reafirmaron hoy su compromiso de ampliar la cooperación bilateral, tras un encuentro entre el presidente myanmeno, U Min Aung Hlaing, y el titular honorario de la Fundación Nippon, Yohei Sasakawa.

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Munimul Islam, el empresario tecnológico reclamado por las autoridades de Myanmar por la contratación de un grupo de presión estadounidense, ya es un hombre libre tras haber pasado un mes en la cárcel de Brians 1. Islam, de 40 años y residente en Reino Unido, espera a que se resuelva el proceso de extradición junto a su mujer, Rebecca Connor, y las dos hijas de la pareja, en un piso cedido por el consulado de su país, Bangladesh, en Barcelona. Esa circunstancia, o sea disponer de arraigo, es lo que ha permitido a la Audiencia Nacional ordenar su puesta en libertad provisional, al considerar que el riesgo de que se dé a la fuga ha disminuido, según el auto al que ha accedido EL PAÍS.

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Naipyidó, 20 oct (Prensa Latina) Myanmar y Tailandia examinaron hoy vías para ampliar la cooperación energética y fortalecer la preparación ante desastres asociados al cambio climático, durante un encuentro entre sus autoridades en esta capital.

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Critics said images of detained former leader were a stunt by the military to end country’s diplomatic isolation

Myanmar has delivered presents from Britain’s ​King Charles to Aung San Suu Kyi, releasing rare photos of the imprisoned former leader in what critics said was a stunt by the country’s military to end diplomatic isolation.

A presidential spokesperson said on social media that home ministry officials handed over two gardening books on soil, “along with one sealed envelope and a sealed diplomatic pouch”, from King Charles, who is known to have an interest in planting and the environment.

Myanmar libra la segunda guerra de drones más intensa del mundo, después de la de Rusia y Ucrania, según el observatorio de conflictos Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) y un estudio de la London School of Economics (LSE). Los aparatos que dieron ventaja a la oposición durante los primeros años de la guerra civil son hoy una de las armas que más favorecen a la junta militar. En 2023, el ejército solo era responsable del 5% de los ataques con drones registrados en el país, según los datos de ACLED analizados por EL PAÍS. Desde junio de 2025, esa proporción ha subido al 71%, y cada vez más esos ataques tienen como objetivo a la población. En las tres primeras semanas de septiembre, al menos 12 civiles, seis de ellos menores, han muerto en cinco ataques con drones suicidas y tres bombardeos aéreos en el este del país, según Burma News International (BNI), una red de medios independientes birmanos.

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The recent Reuters headline, “US opens direct talks with Myanmar’s generals, reversing years of isolation,” describes a consequential diplomatic change. It is not a verdict that the junta has won, or that Myanmar’s revolution has lost. The distinction matters because an exaggerated reading can spread precisely the discouragement the generals would welcome. So what did […]

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The award recognizes “a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order,” the committee stated. The laureate, the committee continued, “has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”

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Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two dozen military support vehicles, offering the first aerial glimpse of a new Chinese-Lao military facility north of the Lao capital, Vientiane. The speed of the buildup and the earthmoving visible around the airstrip in the […]

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Adam Castillo, a former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar who had lobbied for sanctions relief in exchange for US, was released in recent days after spending over three months in detention. In the same week, Time magazine’s Charlie Campbell sat down with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw. The coup […]

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